Teks -- Proverbs 22:27 (NET)

22:27 If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

JFB: Pro 22:26-27

(Compare Pro 6:1; Pro 17:18).

JFB: Pro 22:27 - should he take, &c.

That is, the creditor.

Clarke: Pro 22:27 - If thou hast nothing to pay

If thou hast nothing to pay - Should any man give security for more than he is worth? If he does, is it not a fraud on the very face of the transaction

Clarke: Pro 22:27 - Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? - The creditor will not pursue the debtor whom he knows to be worth nothing; but he will sue the bail or bondsman. And why shouldst thou put thyself in such circumstances as to expose thyself to the loss even of thy bed?

TSK: Pro 22:27

Pro 20:16; Exo 22:26, Exo 22:27; 2Ki 4:1

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Pro 22:27

Why wilt thou put thyself into the hands of such a man, who will exact the debt from thee without any compassion? For though God did not allow this practice, covetous creditors would frequently do it.

Gill: Pro 22:27 - If thou hast nothing to pay // why should he take away thy bed from under thee

If thou hast nothing to pay,.... When the debtor this, and the creditor demands the debt of the surety: it is weakness in a man to be a surety for another, when he knows he is not able to pay the debt he is bound for, since it may be an injury to himself and family; but it is a piece of wickedness to engage for the payment of a debt, in case of insolvency, which he knows he is not able to answer; for this is deceiving and imposing upon the creditor; and therefore it is no wonder, being provoked by such ill usage, if he goes to extremity, as follows:

why should he take away thy bed from under thee? as in all likelihood he will, being irritated by such a conduct; and as he might, notwithstanding the law in Exo 22:26; for that respects a pledge, and not a debt; and raiment pledged, the covering of a man when in bed, and not the bed itself; for even wife and children might be taken for debt, 2Ki 4:1. This is said to deter from suretyship, especially in such circumstances; since a man may bring himself into such a condition as not to have a bed to lie on; yea, to have it taken from under him when upon it; and be turned out from house and home, naked and destitute.